Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred on Wednesday provided some specifics on what an automated ball-strike system (ABS) at the highest level might look like once that time comes. Via The ...

Major League Baseball won't implement an automated ball-strike system for home plate umpires by the 2025 season, according to commissioner Rob Manfred. So-called "robot umpires" were among several ...

MLB's commissioner, Rob Manfred has officially shut down any rumor that robot umpires would be in MLB next season. MLB umpires have one of the hardest jobs on the planet. They are tasked with making ...

In a year already so full of changes for Major League Baseball, the league does not plan on implementing the automatic ball-strike system anytime in the near future, according to Commissioner Rob ...

MLB’s Joint Competition Committee met Tuesday and approved the use of the Automated Ball Strike (ABS) Challenge System for ...

Commissioner Rob Manfred shed some light on the future of robot umpires in Major League Baseball after an owners meeting in New York on Thursday. Though an automated ball-strike system (ABS) is on the ...

Major League Baseball (MLB) is set to test robot umpires during spring training next year, potentially integrating an automated ball-strike system (ABS) by the 2026 season, this initiative, ...

Major League Baseball will make its initial foray next season into “robot umpires,” a rather hilarious term that conjures up images of Star Wars droids barking out ball and strike calls but is in ...

The league's competition committee voted to implement the system, which has been tested in Triple A since 2022, in all MLB ...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Robot umpires are marching closer toward an official arrival date for Major League Baseball. Commissioner Rob Manfred mapped out a tentative plan Tuesday afternoon, suggesting that ...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Major League Baseball hopes to test robot umpires as part of a challenge system during spring training next year, making an automated ball-strike component possible as early as ...

Major League Baseball will use so-called robot umpires at home plate beginning in 2026, the league announced today. The ...